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ID number: BIRBI-B3969 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 643-644 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.6 Weight (g): 5.33 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 7377. Glendining, 25th June 1970. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … h … R COhSS (Emperor Constantine). Reverse: … N … O C ([Inferred] Renewal). Year: III (Year 3). Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB III 166
Notes: Overstruck obverse on reverse; undertype unclear.
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